Symbols and Abbreviations used in the Text
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Abbreviations
AOAC
BCR
BIMP
CCF
CCQM
CE
CEN
CMP
CRM
CV
ELISA
EPA
EU
EURACHEM
FDA
GC
GLPs
IDMS
IRM
ISO
IUPAC
LC (HPLC)
LOD
LOQ
NIST
OECD
ppb
ppm
ppt
QAU
RM
RSD (rsd)
SF
SI
SMT
SOPs
Association of Official Analytical Chemists (USA)
Community Bureau of Reference. Former SMT
International Bureau of Weights and Measures
Liquid chromatography as performed on a thin layer of stationary
phase spread onto an planar inert support
Consultative Committee for Quantity of Matter
Capillary electrophoresis
European Centre for Standardization
Chemical measurement process. A synonym for "analytical process"
Certified reference material
Coefficient of variation
Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay
Environmental Protection Agency (USA)
European Union
EURopean Analytical CHEMistry (a European network of associations working in support of chemical metrology)
Food and Drug Administration (USA)
Gas chromatography
Good Laboratory Practices
Isotope Dilution Mass Spectrometry
Internal reference material
International Standards Organization
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
Liquid Chromatography (High Performance Liquid Chromatography)
Limit of detection
Limit of quantitation
National Institute of Standards and Technology (USA)
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
Parts per billion: parts in 1000 million. Units of a relative quantitative result. Not endorsed by IUPAC
Parts per million. Units of a relative quantitative result. Not
endorsed by IUPAC
Parts pert trillion: parts in 1000 (European) billion. Not endorsed
byIUPAC
Quality Assurance Unit
Reference material
Relative standard deviation
Selectivity Factor (of a method with respect to another)
International System (of units)
Standards, Measurements and Testing (an EU body)
Standard Operating Procedures (in the context of GLPs)